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Emma Raducanu has confirmed she hopes to return to competitive action in time for the start of the new tennis season.<\/p>\n
The 2021 US open champion has been sidelined for six months having undergone surgery on both wrists and her ankle after successive injury setbacks.<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old told BBC Radio Four\u2019s Today programme that she had not set a date for her WTA Tour return, but would \u201cbe back for the start of this season for sure\u201d.<\/p>\n
Raducanu, who has slipped to 280 in the world rankings from a career-high number 10, said: \u201cI will be coming back with probably a lower ranking, but I\u2019m actually looking forward to starting again, kind of resetting.<\/p>\n
\u201cI already have that in the bank, so now I can keep going and keep building from here. I still have new goals, new things I want to achieve.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I\u2019ve still got like 15 years left in my career, so there\u2019s no rush.\u201d<\/p>\n
Raducanu has not confirmed who will coach her when she returns to the tour having gone through five different coaches in just over two years.<\/p>\n
She believes her inquisitiveness could have been an issue for some of them.<\/p>\n
She added: \u201cI ask my coaches a lot of questions. On certain occasions they haven\u2019t been able to keep up with the questions I\u2019ve asked so maybe that\u2019s why it ended.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s something I\u2019ve always done. I keep provoking and asking questions to coaches and challenging their thinking as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not someone that you can just tell me what do and I\u2019ll do it, I need to understand why and then I\u2019ll do it.\u201d<\/p>\n